Band cutter



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' BAND CUTTER Filed Dec. 11, 1942 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 GJZM RAYMOND W. ALLEN AND 5IGURD V. CADLSTEN 'Patentedluly 20, 1943 BAND CUTTER Raymond W. Allen and Sigurd V. Carlsten,

Akron,

hio, assignorl to The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, at corpora-' tion of Ohio Application December 11,1942, Serial No. 468,866

Claims.

This invention relates to band cutters, and more especially it relates to apparatus for accurately and automatically severing a succession of bands of relatively narrow width from a fabricated tubular band or sleeve of relatively long length. The invention is of primary utility for severing fan belt blanks from a sleeve of fan belt material while the same is still upon the collapsible form or drum upon which it is fabricated.

In the manufacture of small transmission belts, such as fan belts, it is common practice to build upon a collapsible cylindrical form a sleeve composed of unvulcanized rubber or rubber-like material and circumferentially laid cords or strands, then to sever the sleeve transversely into a plurality of individual units, and thereafter to vulcanize said units in individual molds. It has been found thatsuperior belts are produced it cord reinforcing in the sleeve is continuous, and laid in laterally abutting convolutions for each belt with an appreciable space between the groups of convolutions of adjacent belts, which space the reinforcing cord crosses at relatively steep pitch. In the subsequent severing of the sleeve it is essential that the cuts be made accurately, half way between each group of convolutions, so that in the finished belts the reinforcing strands will be centrally positioned with relation to the sides of the belts. The present invention is an improvement in apparatus for cutting belt-bands of this type.

The chief objects of the invention are to provide cutting apparatus for the purpose mentioned, which apparatus will sever bands from a sleeve of belt material accurately and automatically in succession; to provide for accurately indexing the cutter, axially of the sleeve of material, after each cutting operation; and to provide means for integrating the operative movement of the cutter and the operation of the cutter-indexing mechanism so that they operate in determinate time-relation. Other objects will be manifest as the description proceeds.

Of the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of apparatus for fabricating and severing a sleeve of fan belt material, power drivingmeans for the apparatus, located at the left thereof, being omitted;

' Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4 of the power driving means of the apparatus;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the power driving means of the apparatus, parts being broken away and in section;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation of the winding drum or form of the apparatus, and work thereon, a portion of the latter being broken Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional perspective view of the sleeve of belt material as it is produced by the apparatus;

Fig. 7 is a section on the line of Fig.4; and

Fig. 8 is a wiring diagram of the cutting mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown an apparatus comprising a foundation or base structure l0 having mounted thereon, at the front. thereof, a pair of upright supports, such as .the support ii, in which a driven shaft i2 is journaled, which shaft is adapted to support a collapsible form or drum i3 upon which the various plies of fan belt stock may be wound. Means subsequently to be described is provided for driving theshaft i2 at determinate speed in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2. One of the supports Ii, at least, is slidably mounted upon the base i0, and is capable of movement axially of the shaft I! to facilitate the mounting of the drum 13 on the latter. Mechanism for applying reinforcing cords to the sleeve of material being built upon the drum i3, and for subsequently severing the said sleeve on the drum into individual bands or fan belt units, is carried upon a table it that is positioned upon the top of the base i0, rearwardly of the supports H. The table it is mounted in suitable slideways [5, l5 and is adjustable in a fore-and-aft direction to move it toward or away from the drum i3. This adapts the apparatus to operation upon drums of various diameters whereby belts of different sizes may be produced.

At each end the table I4 is formed with upstanding bearing structures l8, l8, and between said bearing structures a slide I9 is mounted in slideways 20, 20 on said table, the slideways enabling the slide l9 to move longitudinally of the table, back and forth between said bearing structures IS. The slide I! has the general shape of an inverted U, and for moving the same later- The feed screw II is driven speed being variable'so that the number of convolutions in each group of convolutions may be varied.

The mechanism for guiding a reinforcing cord onto the form I3 comprises a driven shaft 25 that is journaled at its ends in the bearing structures I8, and at one end i connected to a drive member "'28 through the agency of a universal coupling 21.

tween said shaft and bushing, the arrangement being such that the bushing will be rotated by the shaft at all times as the slide I8 is moved longitudinally of th table I4 by the feed screw 2|. The upper part of slide I8 comprises a horizontal portion |8a upon the front of which is formed a horizontal slideway 3| in which a slide 32 is mounted, the latter locally embracing the bushing 28 substantially in the medial region thereof. The slide 32 has a bracket 33 of gooseneck shape that constitutes a cord guide mounted thereon, said cord guide extending forwardly and downwardly therefrom. The cord guide 33 has a pair of guid sheaves 34, 35 Journaled thereon for guiding reinforcing cord, from any convenient source of supply, to the form I3.

The bushing 28 is free to rotate relatively of the slide 32, and said slide is capable of limited movement axially of the bushing. Such axial movement of the slide 32 is utilized for so guiding a reinforcing cord to the form I3 as to lay the cord thereon in spaced apart sets or groups of laterally abutting convolutions. To this end means is provided for effecting axial movement of the slide 32 at determinate intervals. More specifically, the slide 32 is moved slowly to the left, as viewed in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and then quickly returned to point of starting once during each revolution of the shaft 25. The means employed for effecting such axial movement of the slide 32 comprises an annular face cam 31 that is fixedly attached to one side of said slide, concentrically of the bushing 28. The cam surface of the cam 31 is on the end face thereof that is remote from the slide 32, said cam surface defining a helix about the bushing 28, the ends of the helix being connected by a flat face or shoulder that is parallel to the axis of the cam. Cooperating with cam element 31 is a cylindrical cam element 40 that is mounted upon the bushing 28 and fixedly secured thereto, said cam element having an end formed with a cam surface complemental to the cam surface of the cam 31, and cooperating therewith. A compression spring 4| is mounted upon the bushing 28, between a lateral wall of the slide I8 and the slide 32, on the side of the latter remote from the cams 31, 40, the arrangement being such as to urge the cam surfaces of said cams into engagement with each other at all times. The cordlaying mechanism of the apparatus is not a part of the present invention, and therefore it is not believed necessary to provide a more specific deto the speed of shaft I2 and feed screw 2|. The bushing 28, slide 32, and cord guide 33 are all movedalong shaft 25 by reason of the lateral movement of the slide I8 induced by feed screw 2|, but since the slide 32 and cam element" 31 do not rotate with shaft 25, it will be apparent that rotation ofbushing 28 will rotate cam element 48 relatively of cam element 31. Since the cam element 48 is fixed on bushing 28, it follows that rotation of shaft 25 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 will cause the cam 40 to force the cam 31 away from it, and thus cause the latter and slide 32 to move axially of bushing 28, toward the left as viewed in Fig. 1, against the force of the spring 4|. Such movement of the slide 32 relatively of the slide I8 continues until the shaft 25 has made one complete revolution, at which time the axially extending shoulders on the earns 31, 40 come into registry, whereupon the spring 4| is enabled to expand and quickly move the slide 32 to the right, back to point of starting.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the cord guide 33 will move to the right, during the winding of reinforcing cord onto the drum I3, during relatively long intervals at uniform speed, which intervals are interrupted by relatively short or instantaneous intervals of much greater speed. Furthermore it will be apparent that the movement of the cord guide 33 at uniform speed is the result of the speed of movement of the slide I8 in one direction and the slower speed of movement of the slide 32 relatively of slide I8, in the opposite direction. Moreover, the rotary speed of the feed screw 2| is so co-related to the speed of rotation of the shaft I2 that the cord guide 33, moving laterally at its resultant uniform speed, will lay a reinforcing cord upon the form I3 in a plurality or set of laterally abutting'convolutions. When the cord gu de is moved laterally quickly under the impetus of the spring 4|, it so lays the cord on the form as to produce the spacing between adjacent sets of laterally abutting convolutions. By varying the speed of the shaft 25 with relation to the rotary speed of the feed screw 2| the length of the intervals of uniform movement of the cord guide 33 may be controlled, with resultant control of the number of convolutions of reinforcing cord in each set or group of laterally abutting convolutions.

The slide I8 moves to the right, as previously explained, during the application of reinforcing cord to the structure being built upon form I3. After the reinforcing cord is applied to the form from one end thereof to the other, the feed screw 2| may be reversed and the slide I8 impelled thereby back to point of starting if the operations described are to be repeated to apply additional layers of reinforcing cords to the form. After the reinforcing cord is mounted on the band material on the form, an additional layer or layers of the band stock are applied to the form to cover the cords. The table I4 and all the mechanism thereon may be moved rearwardly, away from the form I3, to facilitate the application of additional band stock to the form. In Figure 5 the form I3 is shown with four layers or piles of band material 42 beneath the single layer of reinforcing cords, the latter designated 43. In Figure 6 two layers of the band material are shown superposed upon the layer of cords. As soon as all the plies of material are mounted on the form, the fabricated sleeve of material is ready to be severed into individual band or belt units, the sleeve being circumferentially out beotally connected thereto, the other end of said link being pivotally connected to a rotary disc or crank 48, eccentrically of the axis thereof, the arrangement being such as to effect the rocking of the shaft 45 as the disc 48 is rotated. The disc is mounted on' the driven shaft of a reduction gear device 49 that is carried by the frame of an electrical motor 50 and is driven thereby, said.motor being mounted upon the table [4 at the rear thereof. I

The rock shaft 45 extends through suitable apertures in the lateral walls of the slide l9, and is formed with a keyway 52 extending from end to end thereof. Mounted upon the rock shaft 45, between the lateral walls-of the slide I8, is a bracket 53 that is keyed to the rock shaft but is capable of movement longitudinally thereof by reason of the elongated keyway 52. Spacer sleeves 54, 54 slidably mounted upon the rock shaft and keyed thereto restrain the bracket 53 against axial movement relatively of the slide l9, yet enable the bracket to move angularly relatively of said slide when the rock shaft is rocked. Formed integral with the bracket 53 and extending forwardly thereof is a journal bearing 53a that carries a shaft 55, one end of the latter carrying a disc cutter 56 and the other end thereof carrying a grooved driving pulley 51. Also carried by the bracket 53, rearwardly of the shaft 45, is a supporting structure 83 for an elec tric motor 58, the shaft of the latter carrying a grooved driving pulley (not shown) that has driving connection with the pulley 51 through the agency of a pair of transmission belts 50. The support 53 with motor 58 thereon is adjustable relatively of bracket 53 so as to maintain the belts 50 in taut condition. Normally the motor 58 is constantly driven. The motor 50 is intermittently driven, and during each operative cycle serves to swing the cutter 55 from the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 2 to the position shown in full lines thereon, and back to point of starting.

The cutting mechanism described is idle during the fabrication of a sleeve of material upon the form l3. After the sleeve of material is completely formed, the slide I9 is at the right end of the apparatus as viewed in Fig. 1. Thereafter the cutting mechanism may be brought into operation-to eifect intermittent, reverse rotation of the feed screw 2| to move the slide l9 toward the left a distance equal to the width of one band or belt unit, and intermittently to drive the motor 50 at intervals when the slide I9 is stationary, it being understood that the motor 58 is constantly rotating during the cutting operation. The driving of motor 58 rotates disc 48, and with each revolution thereof the rock shaft 45 is rocked and the rotating cutter 55 is'raised from a depressed inoperative position (shown in broken lines in Fig. 2) to the operative position shown in full lines, then returned to point of starting. In its operative position the cutter 55 is in engagement with the sleeve of belt material complete circumferential severing of the belt material on the form, as indicated by line of severence 54, Fig. 6. The slide I9 is indexed laterally,

' the distance of one belt unit, during the time that the cutter is in its inoperative position. The cutting operation described is automatically repeated until the entire sleeve of material on the form I8 is transversely cut into a multiplicity of band units. The cutting of the sleeve of ma-' terial is facilitated by liquid lubricant applied to the cutting disc 55 by means of a nozzle 8| on the end of a supply hose 52 that has connection with a reservoir of lubricant (not shown).

The power mechanism that drives the shaft l2, the feed screw 2|, and the shaft 25 in the proper directions and at the desired relative,

speeds to effect the fabrication of the sleeve of material on the form I3, is contained in a housing 55 that is located'at the left of the apparatus shown in Fig. ,1, details of said housing and power mechanism being shown in Figs. 3, v 4, and 7. Also located in said housing is the mechanism for rotating the feed screw 2| intermittently, and in reverse from the direction that it rotates during a sleeve-fabricating operation.-

As shown in Fig. 4, the shaft l2 that supports and rotates the form |3 extends completely through the housing 55 and is journaled in bearings 55, 55 carried by opposite walls of the housing. The medial portion of the shaft is broken away in the drawing to reveal structure behind the shaft. On the end portion of the shaft I2,

shown at the left in the drawings, is mounted a relatively large driving pulley 51, the perimeter of which is grooved to receive a plurality of side-driving transmission belts 58, 68. The latter also are trained about a relatively small driving pulley 59 on the shaft of a reversible motor 10, the arrangement being such that the latter drives shaft I2 to effect rotation of the form I3. the direction of rotation being indicated by the arrow, Fig. 3.

As previously stated, the shaft 25 is connected by a universal joint 21 to a drive member 25. The latter is a two part slip-shaft that is connected by a universal joint 12, and an overrunning clutch 11 to a horizontal driven countershaft 13. The countershaft I3 is journaled in a pair of bearing brackets I4, 14 that are mounted upon a shelf or suspended platform I5, said shelf being supported by depending formations .15 that are integral with the top wall of the housing 55. The countershaft I3 is arranged to be driven by the motor 18 in the same direction as the shaft l2, and to this end a sprocket I8 is journaled on the countershaft 13. A sprocket chain 19 is trained about the sprocket l8 and about a sprocket (not shown) that is mounted upon the shaft l2, an adjustable idler sprocket being provided to maintain the chain 19 in taut condition. For effecting driving connection between the sprocket l8 and the shaft 13, a manually operable clutch 8| is provided, said clutch being keyed to the shaft 13 and being shiftable into driving engagement with said sprocket. Engag-- ing the clutch 8| is a shipper lever 82 carried by a suitably journaled rock shaft 83 that has a rocker arm 84 mounted upon one end thereof, the free end of said rocker arm being pivotally connected to an end of an operating. rod 85 that extends horizontally through a wall of the housing 55 and ispivotally connected to a manually operable lever 85 mounted upon the exterior of p on the form l3 and said operative position is I 'maintained while the form rotates to effect a the housing, and conveniently accessible to the operator of the apparatus. The arrangement is such as to enable the shaft 25 to be disengaged from its driving means when desired,,as when the drive of the motor I is reversed. to return the s1ide |9 from the right end of the apparatus to the left end thereof. The over-running clutch I1 is a safety feature preventing the shaft 25 from being turned backward, such as might occur if the clutch 8| was engaged, the motor I0 was idle, and the drum I3 was moved in the direction that is reverse to its normal direction of rotation, or if the motor I0 was reversed while the clutch 8| was engaged. The slip shaft 26 is necessary to provide driving connection to the shaft 25 in all positions of fore and aft adjustment of the table I4.

As shown in the drawings, the countershaft I3 is driven at the same speed as the shaft I2. It is required however, that the form rotated a determinate number of times faster than the shaft 25 in order that a determinate number of laterally abutting convolutions of cord be wound about the sleeve of material on the form between intervals when the cord guide 33 is moved laterally quickly to provide the spacing between successive groups of convolutions, such movement of the cord guide occurring once with each revolution of the shaft 25. Accordingly, suitable change speed gearing is interposed in the mechanism that drives shaft 25, said gearing being located in a bearing structure I8, Fig. 1, between the shaft 25 and'the universal joint 21. Since this change speed gearing is not a part of the present invention, it is believed that detail illustration and description thereof will not be required.

As previously stated, the feed screw 2| re quires to be driven at determinate speed with relation to the rotation of shaft I2 so as properly to control the position of the respective convolutions of cord in each group of convolutions thereof laid upon the sleeve of material on form I3. Furthermore the screw 2| requires to be rotated intermittently in reverse direction during the sleeve cutting operation. Referring now to Fig. 4, it will be seen that the power driven member 22 that drives screw 2| is a two part slip-shaft that extends through the wall of housing 65, and interiorly of the latter is connected by universal joint 89 to a horizontal shaft 90 disposed below and parallel to the shaft I3. The shaft 90 is journaled in bearing brackets 9|, 9| that are mounted upon the under side of the shelf I5. Slidably keyed to the shaft I3 be- I04 of a positive, infinitely variable, speed reducing device I05. For driving the latter, the driving shaft I00 thereof is provided with a sprocket I01, and trained about the latter is a sprocket chain I08 that also is trained about a sprocket I09, Fig. 3, that is carried by the shaft I2. The arrangement is such that the motor I0 may drive the feed screw 2| in either direction to move the slide I9 back and forth along the apparatus during the application of cord reinforcement to a sleeve of material on the form III, the speed of movement of the slide being accurately adjustable independently of the rotary speed of the form.

Journaled upon the shaft '90, on the opposite side of the clutch member 92 from the driving cup I00, is a second driving cup III with which the said clutch member is operatively engageable in its alternative operative position. The perimeter of the driving cup II I is formed as brake drum, and engaged therewith is a brake band II2 that is anchored to the shelf I5 thereabove.

The arrangement is such that the shaft 90 will 90, midway between brackets 9|, is a double clutch member 92, and engaged therewith is a shipper lever 93 for shifting it axially to alternative positions on the shaft. The shipper lever 93 is mounted on a suitably journaled rock shaft 94, a projectingend portion of which carries a rocker arm 95 that has its free end pivotally connected to an operating rod 96. The latter extends through a wall of the housing and is pivotally connected to a manually operable lever 91 mounted upon the exterior of said housing, near the lever 86 previously described.

Journaled upon the shaft 90, at one side of the clutch member 92, is a driving cup I00 with which the clutch member 92 has driving engagement in one of its operative positions. The driving cup I00 is formed with a hub portion on which is mounted a sprocket "II, and trained thereabout is a sprocket chain I02 that also is trained about a sprocket I03 on the driven shaft not coast when driving torque applied thereto through the agency of'the driving cup III, as presently will be explained, is discontinued. The driving cup III is formed with a hub portion on which is mounted a gear 3, and meshed with the latter is a larger gear I I 4 that is carried upon a countershaft II5 that is journaled at its ends in a pair of'upright bracket arms H6, H5 that are mounted upon the base of the housing. The gear I I4 has driving connection with the countershaft II5 through the agency of an overrunning clutch III that is mounted on said countershaft, said clutch having driving connection with said gear only when the countershaft rotates in one direction, the gear remaining stationary when the countershaft rotates in the opposite direction. The arrangement is such that the countershaft II5, driving through gears H4, H3, and clutch 92, will rotate the feed screw 2|, the overrunning clutch II'I being so arranged that the countershaft can drive said feed screw in the direction .that moves the Slide I9 from right to left as viewed in Fig. 1. The clutch III is constructed to operate with extreme precision, without back lash or lost motion, it being essential that the rotation of the feed screw be controlled to a nicety during the band-cutting operation for reasons that presently will appear.

The countershaft H5 is arranged to be oscillated, and to this end has a pinion I20 mounted on the end portion thereof remote from the gear II4, said pinion being in mesh with a gear segment I2I that is mounted upon a shaft I22, the latter being Journaled at its ends in the bracket arms IIG. Pivotally connected at one end to the gear segment I2 I is a pitman I23, the other end of which is pivotally connected to a slide I24 carried by a crank I25 that is mounted on a crank shaft I25 that projects from a speedreducing device I2'I that is mounted upon a platform I28 in the bottom of the housing 55. The slide I24 is adjustable on the crank, radially of the crank shaft I26, by means of an, adjusting screw I29, whereby the angular movement or oscillation of the gear segment may be controlled to a nicety. A motor I30 is mounted upon the platform I28 and is coupled to the speed-reducing device I21 for driving the latter, said motor normally being continuously driven, but automatically momentarily stopping, upon occasion,

as presently will be explained. The arrangement is such that the motor I30 oscillates the shaft II 5, and the latter, driving through the overrimning clutch- I I1 and gear II4, drives the shaft 94 and the feed screw 2| connected thereto, intermittently and only in one direction- Such inter- I 'mittent driving of thefeed screw moves the slide I9 laterally a determinate distance, toward the left as viewed in Fig. 1, to position the cutter 56 thereon accurately so that it may sever the sleeve of material on the form I3 exactly midway between adiacent groups of cord convolutions therein.

It will be obvious that during the band-cutting operation, the periodic movements of the slide I3 must occur while the cutter 56 is in the inoperative position shown in broken lines in Fig. 2. To this end electrical means is provided for coordinating the driving of the motor 50 with the means that imparts periodic lateral movement to the slide I9, including means for momentarily stopping the drive of motor I if the cutter 55 is not properly positioned when the slide moving means is in a determinate operative position. Said electrical means comprises a normally closed limit switch I32 and a normally open limit switch I33, said limit switches being mounted upon respective supporting brackets I34, I that are supported upon the platform I23 on the opposite side of the speed-reducing device I21 from the crank I25 of the latter. Said switches also are positioned on opposite sides of a projecting end portion of crank shaft I26, as best shown in Fig. 7, and are engageable by respective identical cams I36, I31 mounted beside each other on said crank shaft, and so angularly positioned thereon as to operate switches I32, I33 at determinate intervals during each rotation thereof. A third limit switch, designated I39, is mounted upon the frame of the slide I9, and is engageable by a cam or operating element I that is fixed upon one of the spacer sleeves 54 on the rock shaft 45, the cam I40 being so angularly positioned that it operates the switch I39 only when the rock shaft has moved the cutter 56 to the inoperative position shown in broken lines in Fig. 1. The limit switch I39 is a double throw switch, that is, the operation thereof breaks one contact and makes another.

The function and operation of said limit switches will be apparent upon reference to the wiring diagram of the cutter control shown in Fig. 8. As shown in said drawings, the motor 50 has a power circuit comprising conductors I42, and a three-contact switch I43 is located in the latter to control operation of said motor, said switch being a part of and operated by a relay I44. The relay I44 has an operating circuit comprising a conductor I45 that is connected to conductor I46 that is one of the main leads of the cutter control circuit, the other main lead of which is conductor I41. The operating circuit of relay I44 also comprises conductor I48 that is connected to conductor I41, the limit switch I33 being located in conductor I48 and controlling the operation of this relay circuit. The relay I44 is provided with a holding circuit I49 connecting conductor. I48 to main control lead I41 through a switch member I50 that is associated with switch I43 and is operated by relay I44, said conductor extending to one of the alternatively closable contacts of limit switch I39, the latter being connected to main-lead I41 by conductor I5I. Between switch I50 and I39 the holding circuit includes a normally closed, manually operable stop switch I52. The switch I52 is a make and break switch, and includes normally open switch contacts disposed in a shunt circuit I53 that connects conductor I46 to main lead I41 in a manner that shunts out limit switch I33. Thus the switch I52 may be utilized to de-energize relay I44 and stop motor 50 when limit switch; I 39 is in the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 8, or it may be used to momentarily energize the relay I44 to start or Jogfthe motor 56 when the switch I36 is in the position shown in full lines in the drawings.

The motor I30 has a power circuit comprising conductors I54, and a three-contact switch I55 is located in the latter to control operation of the motor, said switch being a part of and operated by a relay I56. The relay I56 has an operating circuit comprising a conductor I51 that is connected to main lead I46, and a conductor I53 that is connectable to the other main lead I41 through the agency of the other alternative contact of the limit switch I39. The latter contact is connected to the openable and closable contact of limit switch I32 by conductor I59, the arrangement being such that the switches I32, I39 are in parallel in the holding circuit of Lhe relay I56. Mounted across conductor I56 is a normally open, manually operable switch I60 that may be used, on occasion when the switch I39 is in the position shown in-broken lines, to "jog or momentarily energize the motor I30. The relay I56 is provided with a holding circuit I6I connecting conductor I59 to the main control lead I41 through a switch member I62 that is associated with switch I55 and is operated by relay I 56, said circuit I6I also including the normally closed limit switch I32.

The operation of the cutter control is as follows. Assume that the motor 50 is stopped and the cutter 56 is in the inoperative position shown in broken lines in Fig. 2. Assume that motor I30 has completed the operation of turning the 'feed screw 2I a determinate distance to feed the slide I9 laterally, toward the left as viewed in Fig. 1, and that the cutter 56 is properly positioned to sever the sleeve of material on form I3, the latter being rotated by the constantly driven motor 10. Rotation of shaft I26 first causes cam I 31 to engage and close limit switch I33 thereby energizing relay I44 through the agency of conductors I48, I45, with the result that relay I44 closes switch I43 in the power circuit of motor 50, to start the latter, and also closes switch I50-in its own holding circuit I49. As the motor 50 starts rotating to turn the rock shaft, the cam I40 on the latter moves limit switch I39 from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8 to the position shown in broken lines therein, thereby completing the holding circuit of the relay I44. Driving of motor 50 swings the cutter into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, to sever the material on the rotating sleeve I3, and then returns the cutter to its broken line position of Fig. 2, the cam I40 restoring the limit switch I39 to the position shown in full linesin Fig. 8 as the return movement of the cutter is completed. Since switch I33 previously was opened by continued rotation of the shaft I26, the reversing of switch I39 de-energizes relay I44 and thus opens switch I43 to stop the motor 50.

While the cutter 56 is engaged with the work the slide I9 and feed screw are stationary because of reverse movement of shaft H5. The shaft I26, however, continues to drive, and immediately before the shaft II5 again is reversed, to index the slide I9 laterally, cam I36 engages lines in Fig. 8, and opening of switch I32 will produce no result. If, however, the cutter is not in the inoperative position mentioned, the switch I39 will be in the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 8, so that opening of switch I32 will deenergize relay I88 and stop motor I30. The are rangement constitutes a safety feature whereby it is impossible to index the slide I9 laterally of said form, means including a periodically driven motorfor moving said cutter periodically .into and out of cutting engagement with thematerial on said form during periods when the slide while the cutter 56 is in engagement with the.

work. Thereafter relay I56 will be energized again to start motor In as soon as the drive of motor 50 effects the moving of switch I39 to the full line position shown in Fig. 8, the circuit of relay I56 then being completed through conductor I59. Such movement of switch I39 also opens the circuit to relay I and stops motor 50, thus completing a cycle of operation.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the operations of the cutter motor 50 and the slideindexing motor I30 are co-ordinated automatically, without requiring precision control of the speed of rotation of either motor. It will also "be apparent that the means provided will effect the indexing of the slide I9 with such precision that the severing of the sleeve of material on form I3 always will take place at the proper point, midway between groups of reinforcing cords in said sleeve.

Modification may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, or the scope thereof as defined by the appended claims.

We claim:

1. In a band cutter of the character described, the combination of a rotatable form upon which a sleeve of material may be fabricated, a slide beside said form and movable parallel to the axis thereof, a constantly rotating circular cutter carried by said slide, means including a normally constantly driven motor for periodically moving said slide laterally a determinate distance axially is stationary, and means for stopping the constantly driven motor immediately prior to the slide-moving operation if the cutter is not in determinate inoperative position.

2. A combination as defined-in claim 2 including a relay controlling the operation of the slidemoving motor, the last-mentioned means comprising a pair of switches arranged in parallel in the holding circuit of said relay, one of said switches being operable by the slide-moving means and the other switch being operable by the cutter-moving means.

3. In a band cutter of the character described, the combination of a rotatable form upon which a sleeve of material may be fabricatedja slide beside said form and movable parallel to the axis of the latter, a cutter carried by said slide, a normally constantly driven motor, mechanical means converting the constant motor drive into intermittent movement impelling the slide laterally a determinate distance axially of said form, a periodically driven motor moving the cutter relatively of the slide into cutting engagement with the sleeve of material on the form, and switch means, operated by the mechanical means that intermittently move said slide, for starting the periodically driven motor to initiate a cutting operation.

4. A combination as defined in claim 3 including switch means controlled by the cutting mechanism for stopping the operation of the periodi cally driven motor.v

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION. Patent No. 2,525,002. July 20, 1915.

RAYMOND w. ALLEN, ET AL It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered batent requiring correction as follows: Page 6, sec- 0nd column, line 9, for "claim 2'' read --c1aim l--; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed end sealed this 9th day er November, A. D. 1915.

Henry Van Aredale (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

